Just found out pregnant with first! Hurrah!

I found out six days ago that I'm pregnant for the first time. After wanting a baby for two or three years but waiting patiently until my husband was ready, I'm absolutely over the moon and can't really believe it. He's thrilled to bits too!

I'm nearly five weeks and my doctor gave me a date of November 9th this morning. I'm really excited but understandably nervous that something might go wrong so I plan not to tell anyone for another seven weeks. Keeping quiet is going to be really hard, so it would be lovely to be able to share my secret with anyone else in the same boat.

I would love others to share their experiences with me - and would really love to make a couple of online chums who are due around the same time!

I can't log on too often so please don't be offended if I don't respond straight away.

congratulations, you must both be really excited. i am 9 weeks due 7th october and my husband and i have managed to just about keep it quiet from family although i have had to tell my boss and work collegues due to risks, which has made me feel guilty that parents don't know yet! we plan to tell parents on mothers day which is also our first wedding anniversary, figured we couldn't give them a better present! good luck with pregnancy

Hi Jo, congrats on the pregnancy. I'm due on May 30th with our first child and can't wait! The time will fly by and before long you'll be in your 3rd trimester wondering where the time went!! Good luck with it! x

congratulations!! bet you are really excited, just wait til you go for your scan and you see your little one for the 1st time, its amazing. Im 23 weeks with my 3rd baby, i have a little girl who is 4 on 17th of this month and a little boy who is 2. All the best..put your feet up and relax when ever you get the chance coz you will be busy when the baby comes! Congrats again, Toni x

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for all the lovely replies and sorry I haven't written back sooner. I really am so touched by the responses. I haven't had the privacy to check the website since posting this note but it's so cool to have such lovely responses.

Not feeling very much at the moment. A slightly weird taste in my mouth and a bit knackered but no sickness yet - do you get morning sickness this early? Five and a bit weeks? In terms of food, I've gone off butter but that's it. Oh - my husband discovered that my nipples taste metally too!!! How weird is that?!?

Time is going so slowly at the moment. I want to see a bump or feel something.

Not looking forward to a non-alcoholic afternoon of fibs in the pub tomorrow. Will be so much easier when I've told everyone!

Hi Jo, congrats on the good news, i'm due on the 11th May, can remember very well fiding out at about 51/2 weeks and wanting to keep our news quiet until we had the scan, but i did tell my closest family and a couple of people at work. i started to feel sick at about 6 -7 weeks, and it lasted til i was about 16 weeks. now i wake up at 5 in the morning so hungry it hurts but too tired to get up and do anything about it!!won;t be long til your first scan that is the most amazing thing to see, makes it all real for you, we both cried our eyes out when we saw our tiny baby for the first time, his little legs started kicking just as they were about to take his pictu:\?re for us!! xx

Hi Jo congrats! I have my little bean now - she is 13 weeks old! I joined this forum so late in my pregnancy so missed out sharing all the good info - make the most of it, these ladies are fantastic and can always answer most questions. And although I've technically moved over to the "baby" pages I still check the "pregnancy" ones to see if I can share any wisdom I've gleaned along the way LOL Good luck xxx

Thanks Starfly! And a big thank you to Tallulalola. I've been a bit concerened that I'm not sick enough or showing enough symptoms but it's probably too early. Fancy a glass of wine tonight which I'm sure is not supposed to happen! I'm sure if the pukey feeling does come I'll wish I was like I am now again! X

I felt a bit like that when i was first pregnant I worried if I didn't feel sick or if I wasn't as tired, but don't worry, if you don't feel sick its a good day!! the ones where you do feel sick you wish it was a day where you weren't!!i was very tired too when i was first pregnant, would get in from work and go for a lie down and not get up til bedtime!! i couldnt wait to get a bump and started showing at 11 weeks, and got all paranoid when people kept telling me i either wasn;t showing much or was getting really big!! now i have a 38 inch waist and am constantly getting kicked but i wouldnt change it for the world!! xx

Hi Jo! congratulations on your pregnancy! I will be 16 weeks pregnant on Monday and I remember how hard it was to keep it a secret from friends! I told family straight away though as I was bursting to let them know! I have felt really tired at times and I hav battled with feeling nauseous all day every day for most of the pregnancy although it is slightly easing up now but I really wish it was totally gone! So, don't worry about not having morning sickness etc as it does not have to happen to show that you are having a good pregnancy! Take it easy! X